GRE Word List
EMETIC
an agent that induces vomiting
The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.
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|---|---|
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| dys- | abnormal |
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| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
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| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |